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Roger Sherman

1721 - 1793

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Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American statesman, lawyer, and a Founding Father of the United States. He is the only person to sign all four great state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Sherman has received more than 1,258,831 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Sherman is the 13,449th most popular politician (down from 12,487th in 2019), the 5,676th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,442nd in 2019) and the 364th most popular American Politician.

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  • 49.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Roger Sherman ranks 13,449 out of 19,576. Before him are Gaius Claudius Pulcher, Pietro Barbolano, Swithhelm of Essex, Hilarión Daza, Ľudovít Ódor, and Konstantinos Paspatis. After him are Manuel Dorrego, Polemon II of Pontus, Elisa Ferreira, Stylianos Gonatas, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, and Pietro Participazio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1721, Roger Sherman ranks 19. Before him are Samuel von Brukenthal, Tobias Smollett, Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Joseph de Guignes, Francesco Sabatini, and Fredrik Henrik af Chapman. After him are William Robertson, Benjamin Wilson, Peyton Randolph, Mark Akenside, and William Collins. Among people deceased in 1793, Roger Sherman ranks 45. Before him are John Michell, Leopold Hofmann, Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, Katsukawa Shunshō, Carl Gustaf Pilo, and Anton Friedrich Büsching. After him are Timur Shah Durrani, William Robertson, Johann August Ephraim Goeze, Gilbert White, and Peter Perez Burdett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Sherman ranks 5,676 out of 20,380. Before him are Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856), Kenneth Noland (1924), Anita Borg (1949), Forrest Smithson (1884), Henry Knox (1750), and Paul Sweezy (1910). After him are Emerson Spencer (1906), Allen Woodring (1898), Bobby Morrow (1935), Hal Moore (1922), Ed O'Ross (1949), and Stanley G. Payne (1934).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Roger Sherman ranks 364. Before him are Eric Adams (1960), Budge Patty (1924), Eugene McCarthy (1916), Chief Joseph (1840), J. William Fulbright (1905), and Henry Knox (1750). After him are Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810), Eric Shinseki (1942), Vince Lombardi (1913), Sally Yates (1960), Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815), and Stephen F. Austin (1793).

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